On the face of it was a sedate Carling Cup league match in South Yorkshire. But try telling that to the Man United fans who, in their wisdom, decided to trash the food stall on the concourse at Barnsley. THE GUARDIAN reports on the potential consequences for those caught.

Swine flu has also been the hot topic as football clubs prove  not to be immune to the virus. THE INDEPENDANT report that QPR are the latest club to have players struck down.

What’s going on at Hull? Amid rumours of financial oblivion and a departing chairman boss Phil Brown is still holding onto his job – just. WHEN SATURDAY COMES gives us a good insight into the past few years at Hull and perhaps a case of unrealistic expectations.

Strachan’s back! After a brief sojourn North of the border Gordon Strachan made his return to English Championship football with Middlesbrough. THE NORTHERN ECHO gave him a local welcome and set out his task ahead.

First Celtic and Rangers, now the giants of Faroe Islands football have backed the idea of an Atlantic league according to BACK OF THE NET NEWS Will it happen? It’s doubtful, and if teams from the Faroe Islands are allowed in why not the likes of Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeen??

Like your goals scored from distance? Well FLAT BACK FOUR has gathered a handy list of and video clips of the best goals scored from behind the halfway line. And yes, Beckham’s is there.

And finally…

In keeping with the ’spooky’ time of year THE MIRROR have come up with the best Halloween themed footballers – The Nightmare on Elmander Street is my particular favourite.

Footballers list: http://twitter.com/footballfilter/footballers

Podcasters list: http://twitter.com/footballfilter/footballpodcasts

Bloggers: http://twitter.com/footballfilter/blogs

MLS Bloggers: http://twitter.com/footballfilter/mlsblogs

And we have a few more that we are working on….you can find them on our twitter page…cheers.

Take a look here:

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The managerial merry-go-round looks set to get a kick-start as twitchy chairman hover their fingers over the trigger. One of those managers under pressure is Hull’s Phil Brown. But after his heroic Premier League survival last year is Brown the victim of raised expectations? JUST FOOTBALL takes a closer look.

The haves and the have nots have been highlighted this week. First off Arsenal announced pre-tax profits of £45.5m, with match-day revenue exceeding £100m for the first time.

The figures have been digested and assessed over at Soccerlens.
Liverpool could also be in the money with rumours of a Saudi Prince wanting to invest in the club, THE INDEPENDENT has all the details.

And the have nots? Well WHEN SATURDAY COMES reports that the end is nigh for Hyde United as the Cheshire club were wound up following unpaid debts of £122,000. John  Terry earns that in about 4 days…..

Lists, lists and more lists were the order of the week in many of the papers. THE TIMES gave us the 50 people who fouled up football. Yes, Ashley Cole is in there.

THE MIRROR meanwhile, brought us the top ten scary managers.

With Didier Drogba netting his 100th goal for Chelsea last weekend THE MIRROR also reminds us of the best of the Ivory Coast International’s Chelsea career over the past four years.
And finally…

With Australia’s A league failing to capture the publics imagination, competition chief Archie Fraser gave us all an example of how NOT to promote your own league. BACK OF THE NET NEWS has all the details.

Mark Bright – Legit fo sure:  http://twitter.com/MarkBrighty

Daniel Sturridge – could be, hasn’t used it in a while: http://twitter.com/Danny_Sturridge

Robert Earhshaw – seems possibly legit, I think the more important question is if it ain’t legit why is someone impersonating old R.Earnshaw of all the possible twitters in the world:  http://twitter.com/robertearnshaw

Landon Donavon – legit, as always America sportsmen catch on to the latest online tools quicker than their UK counterparts, but he hasn’t used it of late: http://twitter.com/Landon_Donovan

James Beattie – probably legit but he hasn’t used it in months: http://twitter.com/JSBeattie

Rory Delap – has some banter with Beattie and Shawcross, defo legit and reasonably regular poster: http://twitter.com/DelapSCFC

Ryan Shawcross -continuing the Stoke link, but hasn’t used it in months: http://twitter.com/RShawcross87

Matthew Etherington- also hasnt used it in months: http://twitter.com/Etherington26

Danny Dichio – Toronto F player and regular on the old tweets: http://twitter.com/DannyDichio

Steven Gerrard – very very debatable, although his mundane comments lead me to believe it is him : http://twitter.com/Steven_Gerrard

Harry Redknapp – not sure if this is real but apparently he’s too busy to do it anymore, a posting he made in the last week – lazy: http://twitter.com/harrysblog .  He even has a blog http://harryredknappsblog.blogspot.com/ but I am just not sure if it really is him.  I hope so as it is on our Tottenham page!   – http://www.footballfilter.com/tottenham-hotspur

Giuseppe Rossi – legit twitter playing at Villa Real: http://twitter.com/GiuRo22

Freddy Adu – the highly rated American star, defo a legit account I reckon: http://twitter.com/FreddyAdu11

Stan Collymore – ex footballer, possible dogger, Talk Sport DJ : http://twitter.com/StanCollymore

Rio Ferdinand – not sure its real, could be: http://twitter.com/RedRio

Wayne Rooney – also not sure if it’s real: http://twitter.com/RealWayneRooney

Daniel Gabbidon:  seems legit to me, been talking about his injury of late: http://twitter.com/TheRealGabbidon

Darren Bent – we all know about his account.  Still very vocal, still dissing the haters.  Big up my man DB: http://twitter.com/DBTheTruth .  In fact he has just challenged boxer Tony Jeffries to a “war”, or rather a race to get 10,000 followers.  Here’s Tony Jeffries account http://twitter.com/Tony_Jeffries .

So that’s our list so far, will add more when I see them.  Feel free to email us at contact@footballfilter.com with further suggestions!

Contributions from the comments and our twitter followers and new ones I have found:

Ryan Giggs – looks legit and he’s quite a regular tweeter too.  http://twitter.com/Ryan_Giggs .  Thanks to vishnurchari for that contribution.

David Beckham – hasn’t posted anything since May, even when Shaq was challenging him to whatever it is Shaq does .  http://twitter.com/beckham

Jermaine Defoe – scoring well this season and bigging it up on Twitter, could be real: http://twitter.com/JCDefoe

Carlos Tevez – really not sure if this is him, but his midly stunted English phrasing and the Spanish posts suggest it could well be: http://twitter.com/carlitotevez

A selection found by FootballsUp (thanks) that I missed (follow FootballsUp on twitter http://twitter.com/footballsup):

Brad Guzman: American and Villas number two goalie: http://twitter.com/bguzan

Peter Crouch: hasn’t used it since April:  http://twitter.com/OfficialCrouch/

Shay Given – looks like his tweets are taken from his site, but very regular at least: http://twitter.com/Shay_Given

Rohan Ricketts – never heard of him before but he plays for Toronto and he is English: http://twitter.com/rohanricketts

Jozy Altidore – Hull and US player, regular on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JozyAltidore17

More courtesy of Patrycja:

Maurice Edu – Rangers and US player – http://twitter.com/mauriceedu

Carl Robinson – another Toroto FC player – http://twitter.com/CarlRobinson33

Jim Brennan – captain of Toronto FC – http://twitter.com/jimmyBrennan

Dwayne DeRosario – another Toronto FC player! http://twitter.com/DwayneDeRosario

Jonathan DeGuzman – another Torotnto FC player – one of the De Guzman brothers: https://twitter.com/jdeguz

Julian De Guzman – Toronto player: http://twitter.com/JBDEGUZZI

I also spotted Ryan Babel on Twitter this very afternoon – looking G and Kayne esque on the background wallpaper: http://twitter.com/ryanbabel19

Vurnon Anita – Dutch midfielder, plays for Ajax: http://twitter.com/Vurnon

More to come….

Where else to start but at the City Of Manchester Stadium where City, agreed with the Premiership betting odds and crushed Arsenal 4-2 and Emmanuel Adebayor went on a one-man crusade to annoy as many people as possible.

THE GUARDIAN reports that a five match ban could be on the way after being hit with a double FA charge for stamping on Van Persie and his now already infamous 90 yard dash.

Everyone has been having their say on the incident including, rather randomly, Ricky Hatton, who gave his opinion on the INDEPENDENT

The usual top ten list was dug out in THE MIRROR listing the top ten moments when Arsene Wenger mysteriously “didn’t see” a controversial incident involving his player.

Speaking of controversial incidents (see what I did there??) the Eduardo, er, incident has again put diving in the spotlight. But what is a dive? Well THE OFFSIDE has produced a handy guide, complete with videos and everything.

In these days of badge kissing and 90 yard celebrations are fans seem to be foaming at the mouth at such inflammatory acts. But are football fans going soft? This blog over at WHEN SATURDAY COMES tries to give us the answer.

And finally…

While England fans were celebrating qualification for next year’s World Cup in South Africa spare a thought for Diego Maradona. Perhaps the ultimate example of “great players don’t make great managers” the Argies are on the brink of doing a ‘McClaren’ and failing to qualify for next year’s showcase tournament. Contrast that with fellow South American Dunga who has seemingly made the transition from player to manager with ease. So why is that? Well TIM VICKERY’S BLOG explains all.

Transfer deadline madness! In what has no become an annual drama-fest we were glued to our computers as those last minute deals were completed.

Amongst others THE GUARDIAN , THE BBC and THE SUN all had live minute-by-minute updates, bringing all the stories as they broke.

Can’t remember who went where? THE INDEPENDENT has a handy club-by-club guide.

Elsewhere and the Eduardo ‘diving’ row rumbled on. Ironically Aiden McGeady of chief whingers Celtic was shown second yellow card for diving at the weekend. ANOTHER ARSENAL BLOG compares the two and asks whether Eduardo is being unfairly targeted by UEFA.

Meanwhile FOURFOURTWO wonders whether video technology should be introduced to help referees.

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at Match Of  The Day? Well Gary Lineker in THE SUN reveals some of the secrets behind the world’s greatest TV programme.

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The Manchester City spending spree continues with Kolo Toure the latest new boy. They have now set their sights on Everton’s Joleon Lescott. But the Toffees are refusing to be bullied into selling their star defender. THE GUARDIAN reports that they have rejected City’s second bid of £18million out of hand. But with City having endless amounts of cash at their disposal, how long will Everton resist? Football betting on that one is likely to be split.

And what now for Arsenal?

They may have £39 million in the bank but Wenger has told THE TELEGRAPH that big money signings are imminent – despite rumours of a dramatic return for a FORMER CAPTAIN.

AFC Wimbledon’s rapid rise up the football pyramid is the most common example of a side being re-born by the fans from the ground up. But this article in WHEN SATURDAY COMES shows that success isn’t always guaranteed.

Wondering what that annoying buzzing sound was during the Confederations Cup? Swarm of giant wasps perhaps? No, they were the vuvuzela horns, the instrument of choice for the South African fans. If you find them annoying count your lucky stars you weren’t at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth this week where a world record vuvuzela was made, as reported in the WORLD CUP BLOG.

What a twit! Darren Bent, whose protracted move to Sunderland continues to stall, vented his frustration at Spurs chairman Daniel Levy via his twitter page, as reported in THE MAIL.

And finally…

Any football fan will be saddened at the news of the death of Bobby Robson. A great player, a great manager but more importantly, a true gentleman. Football is much the poorer for his absence.